Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta

I photographed volunteers building tables at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta in Midtown for a Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday, June 8, 2012. The furniture bank collects, makes and provides home furnishings for the recently homeless, people living with HIV and women and children fleeing abusive households. Close to 1,000 people from all over Atlanta volunteer their time to build furniture and sort donations each year.

Jonathan Morris (center) and Dana Wood work to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Morris and Wood are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

The parts to a table sit ready to be assembled at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012.

Daven Baker (left) and Cody Ivey work to assemble a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker and Ivey are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Jonathan Morris (left) and Dana Wood work to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Morris and Wood are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Daven Baker (left) and Cody Ivey work to assemble a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker and Ivey are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Teron Baker (left) and Kenny Patterson work to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker and Patterson are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Dana Wood works to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Wood is one of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Dana Wood works to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Wood is one of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Daven Baker (left) and Cody Ivey work to assemble a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker and Ivey are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Jonathan Morris (right) and Dana Wood work to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Morris and Wood are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Daven Baker (right) and Cody Ivey work to assemble a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker and Ivey are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Dana Wood (left), Kenny Patterson, Daven Baker, Cody Ivey, Teron Baler and Jonathan Morris work to assemble tables at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. The group is six of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Jonathan Morris (left) and Dana Wood work to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Morris and Wood are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Thousands of nuts used for building furniture sit in a pile at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012.

Teron Baker works to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker is one of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Dana Wood (left) and Jonathan Morris carry a completed table away from their work space at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Wood and Morris are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Kenny Patterson (left) and Teron Baker carry a completed table away from their work space at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Patterson and Baker are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Cody Ivey (center) works to assemble a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Ivey is one of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Daven Baker works to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Baker is one of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Jonathan Morris (right) and Dana Wood work to build a table at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. Morris and Wood are two of nearly 1,000 volunteers that donate their time to help build furniture for the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing from domestic violence.

Reed Irvine carries a matress into the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. The non-profit volunteer organization provides furniture including beds to the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing domestic violence.

Ricardo Jenkins and Reed Irvine carry mattresses into the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta on Friday, June 8, 2012. The non-profit volunteer organization provides furniture including beds to the homeless, people living with HIV and families fleeing domestic violence.